Mississippi Homeschool Deadlines & Calendar

Initial filing deadline

On or before August 15 of each year

Annual renewal deadline

On or before August 15 of each year

Send to

School attendance officer where the child resides

Miss. Code Ann. 37-13-91(3)(c) (Certificate of Enrollment for home instruction)

Varies by pathway. Legitimate Home Instruction Program: "August 15"; Non-Public School: null

Annual renewal

Required by August 15

Miss. Code Ann. 37-13-91(3)(c) (annual Certificate of Enrollment)

These deadlines are for Legitimate Home Instruction Program. Mississippi offers 2 pathways, and each may have different deadlines:

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  Legitimate Home Instruction Program(this page): You complete a certificate of enrollment and return it to the school attendance officer where your child resides on or before August 15 of each year. The law sets no required subjects, testing, instructional time, teacher qualifications or records for home instruction, and gives the state no authority to supervise a home instruction program. The annual certificate is your only ongoing legal obligation.
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  Non-Public School: Your child attends a nonpublic school, such as a private, church or parochial school. The school's principal or headmaster completes the certificate of enrollment and returns it to the school attendance officer where the child resides on or before August 15 of each year. The law sets no state rules for the school's subjects, testing or teacher qualifications.

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